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Donovan appointed scout for FremantleMedia

25 June 2018

Australian editor and consultant Philippa Donovan has been appointed literary scout for production and entertainment company FremantleMedia Australia. Donovan will be covering book-to-film as well as TV adaptations for world English-language territories, with...

‘300 Minutes of Danger’ adapted for VR project

28 May 2018

A virtual reality (VR) project based on Jack Heath’s book of short stories 300 Minutes of Danger (Scholastic) is one of four online projects to receive production funding from Screen...

Blinky Bill film receives development funding

24 April 2014

Screen Australia has announced development funding for the CGI-animated film Blinky Bill based on the children’s book series by Dorothy Wall, which was published by Angus & Robertson in the 1930s.Due for release in June 2015,...

Catton signs TV deal for ‘The Luminaries’

3 February 2014

Eleanor Catton has signed a deal to help create a television miniseries adaptation of her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta), reports the Sunday Star-Times. Catton said she intends for the series...

ABC TV to adapt ‘The Secret River’ 

29 May 2013

The ABC has announced that it is working on a television miniseries adaptation of Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (Text). The adaptation is being developed by producers Stephen Luby and Mark Ruse; screenwriters Jan...

In brief 

1 December 2009

‘The Darwin Poems' wins 2009 Wesley Michael Wright PrizeEmily Ballou has won the 2009 University of Melbourne/Wesley Michel Wright Prize for Poetry for The Darwin Poems (UWA Publishing). Ballou's work was...

‘Breath’ to be adapted for film 

24 November 2009

Film rights to Tim Winton's Miles Franklin-winning novel Breath (Penguin) have been acquired by Australian actor Simon Baker and producer Mark Johnson. ‘Baker, who has been surfing since childhood, will...

In brief 

29 October 2009

ABR launches redeveloped website The Australian Book Review (ABR) has launched a new-look website ‘fully redeveloped in keeping with recent scrutiny of the magazine's design'. The new website, which features...

In brief 

18 August 2009

Gordon & Gotch revenue upPMP, the parent company of Gordon & Gotch (which acquired the Scribo Group last year), has announced its annual results. It reported that revenue for Gordon...